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Components of Interest Expense (Table Text Block) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Interest Expense, Borrowings [Abstract] |
Interest Expense | Interest Expense Components of interest expense include the following:
|  | Quarter Ended September 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (Unaudited)
|  | (In thousands)
Interest expense | $ | 18,055 | $ | 16,529
Capitalized interest |  | (128 | ) | (94 | )
Amortization of transaction costs |  | 843 |  | 1,050
Interest expense resulting from derivatives |  | 4,348 |  | 4,628
Total interest expense | $ | 23,118 | $ | 22,113
|  | Six Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (Unaudited)
|  | (In thousands)
Interest expense | $ | 35,869 | $ | 32,175
Capitalized interest |  | (270 | ) | (171 | )
Amortization of transaction costs |  | 1,694 |  | 2,135
Interest expense resulting from derivatives |  | 9,153 |  | 11,465
Total interest expense | $ | 46,446 | $ | 45,604
Interest paid in cash, including payments related to derivative contracts, amounted to $22.9 million and $21.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively and $44.9 million and $42.5 million for the first six months of fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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